HELLO?!?!?! kids just wana have FUN!

i look like i'm trying to catch james! when really i'm just trying to get him wet! haha!! (my friend makenzie took this picture)

this is why i was trying to get him wet! i meant for the water to splash out all over him...but it actually backfired and i got myself all soaked! haha! it felt really good though....=) (makenzie took this one also)

matt brought his guitar and was making up silly random songs as we were playing!

hayden was helping me gang up on james but unfortunately he missed too. (she also took this one)

this picture of my brother has nothing to do with the park but its just another picture of someone having fun! i was throwing water balloons at him and he was hitting them with the tennis racket!

Ok just in case your wondering -as you scroll through these pictures- what the Little blue bags are we're holding.....WELL.....we didn't exactly have any water balloons.....so we took some of those doggy poop bags and filled them with water from the drinking fountain and tied them up!...talk about improvising!!!! Haha!

James kept splashing water on hayden and i while we were trying to refill our bags! (sooo not cool ;)

this is my brother alex coming down the hill on his skate board!

YES!!! we finally got him back!!!! haha!!! (that was soo much fun!)

Yesterday i went to the park with a few of my friends just to hang out and have fun. we had more than fun....we had a WATER BLAST!!!!!! Haha! we first started off by playing a little volleyball then we moved onto a little game of basketball. once that was over we all took a little break and cooled down with some otter pops that matt brought. then we went on the hill and skate boarded down it a few times! While i was going down the hill i had scrapped my knee. At first it didn't hurt that much but after a while it started to sting so i started heading over towards the drinking fountains. before i knew it everyone else had joined me! haha! and thats when the super fun water games started!!!! Haha!

my friends matt, hayden, and james

matt and james striking a pose! they're so funny!

hayden and matt hanging off if the basketball net.

my friend makenzie.....

(there was a nice long hill that my friend makenzie and i spotted while we were at the park. So we looked at the hill, then we looked at the skate board i was holding.....and then we both smiled at each other and ran for it!!!) haha!!

my friend hayden....

(i only have one sideways one in this post!)

my friend James...

(...sorry about the sideways pictures...)

my friend matt...

(...again sorry some of these pictures are sideways....I'll have to fix that) but i really wanted to post these before i forgot! my friend matt put together a little hang out/get together time the other day to just chill at the park with whoever could make it. i came along with three of my other friends. we had a GREAT time and matt was literally high flying all over the place!! Haha! he can jump really high!! and im glad that that i got to get a few good pictures!

boredom with my camera

my brother and i were all done with the chores and we didnt feel like going in the house at the time so we just sat out at the pool and i took some random pictures of myself and of him.

mid-air pix

The other day my brother and i went out in the front and i took some pictures of him skate boarding. I got some really good "mid-sir" pictures!! these are only a few.

photography quote

I really like this photography quote because I can totally relate to it!! haha!!!

"Photographers get to speak loudly, without making a sound,
they can tell stories and share feelings with a broad audience, and never have to repeat themselves."

Flowers!!!!!!! i LOVE flowers!!!!!

alex practicing the guitar

Over the break I've been able to chill out a little more and use my camera A LOT! I've taken a few pictures of my dog and of my brother practicing his guitar. I showed my mom all the pictures and these are her favorite two!! I really like the second one too.

our awesome shirts!!!! haha!

This past Sunday my dad and I sang in the choir and we got to wear "black-on-jeans."...aka...we wore a black T-shirt with jeans. The entire choir showed up in the same black T-shirt. In the front it just says "night" but on the back it says "stage crew"...Haha!!! It was funny because we sang in the morning service and we all showed up wearing black shirts that said "night"!! Whenever we would say hi to anyone they would just look at us and keep walking! It was funny! But I quite enjoyed being able to worship in just a T-shirt and jeans!!! I found it to be quite comfortable! Haha!

i'm getting BAPTISED!!!

I am very proud to announce that next Sunday I am getting baptised!!! I am getting baptised at my church at the 5:00 service!!! I can't wait! I'm going to be sharing my testimony with the entire church! It's going to be soo fun yet at the same time I'm kind of nervous! haha...but I know it's going to be all good! and afterwards we're going to go out to eat to celebrate!

lemons, oranges and more lemons!!!

last week my mom and dad worked together and picked the rest of the oranges off our orange tree! oh my gosh! there was A LOT A LOT of them!!! my mom used most of them to make orange juice and then saved some just for eating. now we have a bunch of containers in the freezer full of orange juice!! we also have two pitchers of orange juice all ready for drinking in the refrigerator!! haha! yea....we have a lot of juice!...ORANGE JUICE ANYONE!?!?!?!?! Lol!! Our friends also gave us some of their lemons from their lemon tree!!! It's crazy!!!

morning hike......

this morning my family and i woke up early and got ready for a hike! i just love waking up sooo early...aka...at 6:30AM.....-_- i was not looking forward to going AT ALL.....but once i woke up some more and got dressed and got my camel back all filled up i was.....ok....i'm not much of a hiker so this time my parents put together a little "flyer" and sent it out to about 50 familes saying that our family is going on a hike on this day, at this time, and we're only going to wait for people this long.....haha. once we got there i wasn't expecting anyone to show up, but i was surprised to see my friend allie walk up with her family and my brother's friend! it was fun. I got to talk to allie the whole time and alex got to run ahead with his friends. i never knew that having a friend come would be a lot better! haha! we talked the entire way! we got to the end of the trail within two hours and got back within an hour. by the time we go back it was exactly 11!! PHEW!!! perfect timing!!! haha! it was.....-i must admit-....fun and i had a good time! i hope next time, though, that more people can join us!!

.....OH YEA.....and once we all reached the end of the trail we all stood together and took a groupd picture!! that was cool too! i hope the next group picture will be bigger! haha!

Interning....

OK.....PHEW!!! Finally!!! I finally have time to sit down and write on my blog!! I am really behind I know! I have been really really busy the past two months! I have been doing school, chores, and working! For the past eight weeks I had been interning at Valley Youth Theater on Saturdays from 9:00 am- 12:30pm!! And this past week I interned for the Spring break camp!! Today was the last day and the kids had their little show case! it was very cute and colorful!! haha!! they preformed four songs from Seussical and three scenes. The kids did a GREAT job! I am sooo proud of them ALL and I can't wait until this summer when I help out in the summer camp!!!